The Almost All-Time Tennessee Titans Defense

By JW Nix
for NFLSportChannel.com

Published: November 4, 2009

... the fledgling American Football League. Adams put together an excellent team quickly, some with hard work and some with good luck. His big move in 1960 was signing Billy Cannon away from the clutches of the NFL. Cannon was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams with the first pick of the draft, and he was the first pick of the AFL as well. Adams signed the LSU legend and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner on the field after LSU won the Sugar Bowl. Future NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle was the general manager of the Rams at that time, and he tried to force Cannon to sign with his team. Adams took the NFL to court and won. Another of the many key signings that season was of future Hall of Famer George Blanda. Blanda had washed out of the NFL and did not even play football in 1959. He joined the Oilers and immediately became the team's leader, helping them win the first AFL Championship when he hit Cannon for an 88-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter vs. the Los Angeles Chargers. Blanda...

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